America stands with Israel

I went on my lunch break to Freedom Plaza. At the plaza, DC's Jewish community was holding a rally supporting Israel. It was great to see so many people supporting such a great cause. Governor Ehrlich (Maryland), Ambassador Ayalon (Israel), Congressman Ben Cardin (MD), Congressman Wexler (Florida), Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman-Schultz (Florida), and Senator Sam Brownback (Nebraska) were there. There was a rabbi there who was VERY loud (somebody needed to tell him that the microphone was working). Here are some of the pictures that I took of the rally.
Approaching the rally - a good size crowd!
A little Yentaing before the speeches (Notice the sign thanking President Bush. No matter our party affiliation, I think we should all THANK the president for being the only leader to fully support the Israeli operation. This is in stark contrast to the unfortunate response from Europe.)
Exactly!
A good crowd (there are a lot more people behind me) settles into the 100 degree heat for the speeches to start.
The first politician (Ehrlich) takes the stage to tell the audience that America is behind Israel 100%. This is a nice picture with the Capital in the background and a great sign to the right. Amen my Jewish brother!
The crowd gets bigger!
Ambassador Ayalon with his bodyguard (who I met a couple months ago at the embassy - ONE SCARY DUDE!)
Am Yisrael Chai!
Senator Brownback
Congressman Wexler
Congressman Cardin
A random Rabbi from the back of the crowd!
Big Blue!
Quite a crowd!!!!

Some closing remarks: Alan Dershowitz put it best when he said the following: If a bank robber uses somebody else as a human shield to escape a bank robbery and the human shield is killed, the criminal is morally and legally responsible for that person's death. Not the police. The same applies to the civilians that Hizbollah hides behind when shooting their Katushyas from Lebanon. Hizbollah is responsible for every civilian death in this war so far. The world must stop condemning Israel and get behind Israel in their fight against the fascist Muslims of Hizbollah!

Also, I was pleased to see that many of the Congressmen today stated that this is not just Israel's fight, but it is America's as well. Hizbollah killed 249 US servicemen in Beirut in 1982. Hizbollah, Iran, and Syria are all enemies of the United States AND Israel. While it is completely infeasible to do it now (due to the Iraq situation) but the US should form a coalition to take out Hizbollah, Iran, and Syria once and for all.